diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
index 1f7a659e6e9a3095232e1e2eedc370a4b28e9f95..4969c386785e39dfcdce20c361c73323024ab6cb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ static void nes_cm_timer_tick(unsigned long pass)
 	struct list_head *list_node;
 	struct nes_cm_core *cm_core = g_cm_core;
 	u32 settimer = 0;
+	unsigned long timetosend;
 	int ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 	struct list_head timer_list;
@@ -645,8 +646,11 @@ static void nes_cm_timer_tick(unsigned long pass)
 				send_entry->retrycount);
 			if (send_entry->send_retrans) {
 				send_entry->retranscount--;
+				timetosend = (NES_RETRY_TIMEOUT <<
+					(NES_DEFAULT_RETRANS - send_entry->retranscount));
+
 				send_entry->timetosend = jiffies +
-					NES_RETRY_TIMEOUT;
+					min(timetosend, NES_MAX_TIMEOUT);
 				if (nexttimeout > send_entry->timetosend ||
 					!settimer) {
 					nexttimeout = send_entry->timetosend;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.h
index 80bba189257176b2814564018ad0db5c664e2108..8b7e7c0e496ecc7c2055c9845db3a0e746e8e3b9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ struct nes_timer_entry {
 #endif
 #define NES_SHORT_TIME      (10)
 #define NES_LONG_TIME       (2000*HZ/1000)
+#define NES_MAX_TIMEOUT     ((unsigned long) (12*HZ))
 
 #define NES_CM_HASHTABLE_SIZE         1024
 #define NES_CM_TCP_TIMER_INTERVAL     3000